Please check out the website for new information. New specials schedule is posted for the rest of the year. Also, there is an amazing parent link for math found in both the "Homework Helpers" tab and the "Otter Parents" tab. You'll definitely want to check this website out.
In math we will kick off with Telling Time. Students need to tell elapsed time using an analog (Face) clock. I recommend that you cover up digital clocks and make your child the family time keeper. Ask questions such as: "What time is it?, Dinner will be in 25 minutes, what time will we have dinner? You have 1 hour and 1/2 until soccer practice, what time will you go? You need to go to bed at 9:00, how much more time do you have to play?"
Important items in Monday Folders!
- Recommended on-line games for EOG
The big focus when we return will be to get ready for EOGs. We will have 1 1/2 more weeks of regular curriculum and then three weeks of review before the exams. Skills we ALL need to work on in general:
Math-
- Finding missing side of rectangle when given: the area OR the perimeter, and length of one side.
- Finding combined area AND perimeter of two rectangles put together (rectilinear figure) without using blocks/grid.
- Recognizing equivalent fractions. For example: which figure shows 1/3? The choice may be a 2/6 shaded figure.
Language Arts-
- Stamina in reading…. This was a very long test. We need to take short mental breaks and then continue to focus. Work on increasing reading time at home.
- Filling in bubble sheets…. We had several misaligned, not neatly bubbled/non-score, and a few
failures to bubble! - Understand vocabulary using context clues. This can be worked on nightly with reading. Look at the book, ask for the meaning of one word, and then “how do you know”? How does the student use the clues support the meaning?
Getting Ready for the EOGs
- We will no longer have weekly word problems. Instead the students
will have a weekly homework review packet. Take note of what your child
misses or skills of which he/she needed support. Review these
skills frequently. - Continue to practice nightly on multiplication and division fluency
- Read long to support stamina. Talk to your child about the book.
- Visit the “Otter Parent” page of this website. Go to the “McGraw Hill
Education link” Here you will find practice tutorials and independent practice
pages for all of the Language Arts standards. - Visit EOG sample test links and take practice tests. Note items that
your child had trouble with so that you can practice those skills with your child..
READING http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/releasedforms/g3elapp.pdf
MATH
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/releasedforms/g3mathpp.pdf
- Visit recommended math games websites to sharpen skills where needed.
- Target skill review on missed items on math review homework.
Important Dates: 5/16/15 1/2 Day Saturday School 5/21/15 Science Made Fun 5/25/15 No School 5/30/15 Full Day Saturday School 6/16/15 EOG- English Language Arts 6/17/15 EOG- Math 6/24/15 3rd grade end of year celebration 6/30/15 Last Day of School !!!! | What are we learning? Math: Time, Data, Measurement Language Arts: Fables and Book Clubs Writing: Revisiting Narrative Writing Social Studies: Economics Science: Human Body |